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Special test issueThe most important new yachts 2024

Martin Hager

 · 17.12.2024

Special test issue: The most important new yachts 2024Photo: YACHT
More than a dozen test reports on 100 pages
Hanse, Hallberg-Rassy, Moody, Sunbeam and Co. are all big names in international boatbuilding. Many of the shipyards have launched exciting new products on the market in recent months. And we have tested them. The detailed test reports of what we consider to be the most important and interesting models from 2024 can now be found together in one magazine for the first time.

Yacht tests have been an integral part of YACHT since 1965. Over the past 60 years, our editors have scrutinised almost 2,000 boats - from keel bolts, rudder quadrants and jibs through to sails, railing supports, mattresses and quiet rooms.

No other water sports magazine in the world goes to such lengths when it comes to the neutral assessment of a boat. Even though this type of testing is extremely time-consuming and costly, it is part of YACHT's DNA.

Boats are complex structures consisting of hundreds of components that have to harmonise perfectly for a model to ultimately fulfil its purpose. And safety always comes first, of course!

Sailing, measuring, evaluating: We provide orientation

Once again this year, we were able to sail, measure and assess numerous exciting new models for you. In times when prices for new boats are higher than ever, orientation is particularly important.

We also want to offer you this with this special edition, in which we have summarised a selection of the detailed tests from 2024. You can find some of the models at boot in Düsseldorf in January. You are also welcome to stop by the YACHT in Hall 10. We look forward to your visit.

Martin Hager, YACHT Editor-in-Chief

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An overview of all the yachts you will find in the special test issue:

CRUISING YACHTS

Dufour 44
A solid combination of sportiness and maximum living space

Hanse 360
The youngest woman in Greifswald offers many options

J/40
The performance cruiser combines speed with comfort

Sun Odyssey 350
Family cruiser with walkaround cockpit

LUXUSYACHTEN

Hallberg-Rassy 69
The flagship from Ellös caused a furore

Heymann 42 PPH
Deck saloon tourer with complete equipment

Moody 48 DS
Good-natured cruising yacht with XXL deckhouse

DAYSAILER

Baycruiser 21
Trailer-optimised retro classic with clever ideas

Flaar 24
Carbon speedster for racy and fun day tours

Sunbeam 29.1
Sporty daysailer with canting keel 80

Long-distance yacht

Hutting 46
The long-distance yacht mixes tradition and modernity

Long-distance yacht

Nautitech 48 Open
The new flagship on the test bench

Racer

Sun Fast 30 OD
Uncompromising One design for sporty use

Martin Hager

Martin Hager

Editor in Chief YACHT

Martin Hager is editor-in-chief of the titles YACHT and BOOTE EXCLUSIV and has been working for Delius Klasing Verlag for 20 years. He was born in Heidelberg in 1978 and started sailing at the age of six, in an Opti of course. This was soon followed by 420s, Sprinta Sport and 470s, which he also sailed on the regatta course with his brother. His parents regularly took him on charter trips through the Greek and Balearic Islands. Even at a young age, it was clear to him that he wanted to turn his passion for water sports into a career. After graduating from high school and completing an internship at the Rathje boatbuilding company in Kiel, it was clear that he did not want to become a classic boatbuilder. Instead, he successfully studied shipbuilding and marine engineering in the Schleswig-Holstein state capital and focused on yacht design wherever he could. His diploma thesis dealt with the “Testing of a new speed prediction method for sailing yachts”. In 2004, the superyacht magazine BOOTE EXCLUSIV was looking for an editor with technical and nautical background knowledge, a position that was perfect for Martin Hager. The application was successful and a two-year traineeship was arranged. After twelve years as an editor, the editorial team changed and he took over responsibility for BOOTE EXCLUSIV as editor-in-chief in 2017. After long-time YACHT editor-in-chief Jochen Rieker moved to the role of publisher, Martin Hager also took over the position of editor-in-chief of Europe's largest sailing magazine YACHT, which is celebrating its 120th anniversary this year, at the beginning of 2023. When he's not working on topics for the two water sports titles, Martin Hager likes to go out on the water himself - preferably with kite and wingfoil equipment or on a little after-work trip across the Alster.

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